Ad networks haven't supported HTTPS fully on the web either, not just iOS. In fact, Google says you will earn less with just HTTP
"If you do decide to convert your HTTP site to HTTPS, please be aware that because we remove non-SSL compliant ads from the auction, thereby reducing auction pressure, ads on your HTTPS pages might earn less than those on your HTTP pages." [0]
I wouldn't be surprised if many app developers put in this exception because at the end of the day, they will hurt too if ads stop showing up.
Your music have been heard by more people due to streaming, but it doesn't necessarily mean it was good enough (or the right type of music) for people to pay to come to see you in concert
You can write a audio, GPS, VOIP, etc app that does more than just do audio, GPS, VOIP, etc in the background. For example, you may think the app is only playing audio or doing GPS updates, but it can be badly-written and updating UI and/or other intense stuff. Now granted, iOS will still kill those apps if they start taking up too much memory/resources while in the background.
But I think the article is accurate, you shouldn't ever have to manage apps. iOS is night and day compared to Android's task management (where iOS is much better for users).
apple also releases beta iOS and OS X for months in advance so developers can test and write apps against the new release.
but noticeably they don't unveil new hardware until it's ready and stable for the public. the knock on most competitors is that the overall experience is underwhelming or way too beta, which hardware is a big component.
i cared about doing clean installs/configuring when i was a teenager and had nothing else to do. now i just want my computer stay out of my way and make me money. os x, time machine, etc all let me do that
You are right, and the stack of Activities make perfect sense from the perspective of a developer.
But for example, as a user, I think it's confusing that you can open an app from home screen and can go back to home 2 different ways (either back or home button).
Also, if it's that easy for developers to mess up navigation, then it's going to create a frustrating experience for user.
What does HTML5 have anything to do with it? Many times you get linked straight to a movie file and the browser is expected to either play the file or download it (based on mime-types).
If they are disabling the Quicktime plugin on OS X, then at least just download the movie file even if the mime type is "video/quicktime".
The error screen they are showing now is scary enough that most people will abort out of it.
that's probably the only thing techcrunch is good at these days, coming up with these exaggerated titles. these days you can't help but roll your eyes on all the tabloid articles they post.
"If you do decide to convert your HTTP site to HTTPS, please be aware that because we remove non-SSL compliant ads from the auction, thereby reducing auction pressure, ads on your HTTPS pages might earn less than those on your HTTP pages." [0]
I wouldn't be surprised if many app developers put in this exception because at the end of the day, they will hurt too if ads stop showing up.
[0] https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/10528?hl=en